My husband and I stayed at Gaia for our honeymoon at the end of March 2011 and we were already talking about when and how soon we want to come back before we even left!
The hotel has 20 rooms which is nice and no children are allowed. We wanted a smaller resort and privacy so this was perfect! The layout of the property is excellent and the surrounding greenery is in its natural state (unlike manicured Florida where we come from). The rooms are very modern and spacious, with complimentary wireless internet. We stayed in room 221 which had an amazing view of the sunset from our rooftop deck.
The service is the best we have ever seen. To compare, we have stayed at multiple Ws, Four Seasons and Gansevoorts and Gaia was the best across the board. The entire staff, from the housekeeping to the servers at La Luna Restaurant and the office staff everyone was anticipating our every need. They were also unbelievably friendly and warm, not fake like at some resorts. For example, we left our shoes to dry on the rooftop deck from rafting and we went to the beach and while we were out it started raining. When we returned we expected to find our shoes soaked but were extatic to find our shoes on our covered balcony dry! The office staff also arranged all of our activities for us, took us up and...My husband and I stayed at Gaia for our honeymoon at the end of March 2011 and we were already talking about when and how soon we want to come back before we even left!
The hotel has 20 rooms which is nice and no children are allowed. We wanted a smaller resort and privacy so this was perfect! The layout of the property is excellent and the surrounding greenery is in its natural state (unlike manicured Florida where we come from). The rooms are very modern and spacious, with complimentary wireless internet. We stayed in room 221 which had an amazing view of the sunset from our rooftop deck.
The service is the best we have ever seen. To compare, we have stayed at multiple Ws, Four Seasons and Gansevoorts and Gaia was the best across the board. The entire staff, from the housekeeping to the servers at La Luna Restaurant and the office staff everyone was anticipating our every need. They were also unbelievably friendly and warm, not fake like at some resorts. For example, we left our shoes to dry on the rooftop deck from rafting and we went to the beach and while we were out it started raining. When we returned we expected to find our shoes soaked but were extatic to find our shoes on our covered balcony dry! The office staff also arranged all of our activities for us, took us up and down the property in golf carts and made sure everything went smoothly. Special thanks to Diego, Steve and Marco who made amazing drinks at La Luna and the pool :)!!!
La Luna restaurant was great! We read previous reviews that those who ate outside the resort thought the food was better at Gaia so we had all of our meals during the 7 days at La Luna. We highly recommend the Breakfast Americano, The Costa Rican Breakfast, the Fajitas, the Beef Empanatas, all of the fresh fruit and the Churros but we want to say the whole menu is amazing. The breakfast is included with your stay and can also be delivered to your room at no charge!
The activities that are offered through the hotel are amazing; we wish we had time to do all of them. We did the rafting (3/4 day), Adventure Park, Sunset Tour on Catamaran, Jet Ski Tour and a tour of Manuel Antonio National Park. We had a blast on each one and the guides were excellent. Transportation to and from Gaia was included as were meals/snacks!
Hints:
-No mosquito repellant necessary, there were none on property or anywhere else
-Fly Sansa from San Jose to Quepos where you will be picked up and taken to Gaia (Sansa from San Jose to Quepos was a short 20 minute flight)
-No need to exchange dollars to colones; Gaia and the entire city of Quepos accepts dollars
-Everyone spoke English so it was very easy to communicate and get around
Overall, we have nothing but the best to say about Gaia and its staff. We can't wait to go back!More
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